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- i r <br /> GUIDELINES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE MUTUAL AID <br /> PURPOSE <br /> The purpose of these Guidelines is to outline basic procedures which <br /> will be followed in requesting or responding to calls for mutual aid. <br /> DEFINITION OF TERMS <br /> MUTUAL AID: the term "mutual aid" refers to a request for assistance <br /> from one ambulance service to another, either within one <br /> county or across county lines. The need for mutual aid <br /> may result from lengthy response times, vehicle <br /> breakdown, vehicle shortage, disaster or other <br /> circumstances. An emergency call from an individual <br /> located in a county outside that in which the responding <br /> ambulance service is based may also result in a mutual <br /> aid situation if there is doubt about the geopolitical <br /> location of the call; or if previously agreed to by both <br /> parties. <br /> CMED: Central Medical Emergency Dispatch <br /> PROVIDER: any organization, company, institution or governmental - <br /> department which is directly involved, either on a paid <br /> or voluntary basis, in emergency transportation and/or <br /> rescue of the sick and injured. <br /> EMS: Emergency Medical Services <br /> SINGLE INCIDENT: a specific response or call that cannot be handled <br /> effectively by an ambulance service without severely <br /> hampering its ability to carry out its other duties or a <br /> call where there is doubt about its geopolitical <br /> location. <br /> DISASTER: a natural or man-made calamity that is likely to cause <br /> widespread loss of life and cannot .be. successfully <br /> responded to.by the Emergency_Medical Services of the <br /> county where it is located without severely hampering its <br /> ability to respond to the other emergency calls in that <br /> county. <br /> EMS DIRECTOR/ <br /> CHIEF: the individual designated by a county as its primary link <br /> to the EMS system; usually a county employee. <br />